Latest News | UP: Six Arrested for Beating Dalit Man to Death in Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jan 11 (PTI) Six people, including a woman, were arrested on Thursday for allegedly beating a 21-year-old Dalit man to death after keeping him confined in a house here, police said.

Ankit was beaten to death on January 8 at Jasola village over his affair with the woman, whose husband is also an accused, Circle Officer Ravishankar said and added that the case was registered at the Khatoli police station.

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During interrogation, the woman confessed that she had an illicit relationship with Ankit and her husband had opposed it.

The FIR in the case was registered on a complaint from the victim's family under various Indian Penal Code sections, including 302 (murder), and provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

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Police said according to the complaint, the accused had kept Ankit confined in a house.

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